David Swift
Director
Arnie (1970)
Season 2
Arnie is a television sitcom that ran for two seasons on the CBS network. It stars Herschel Bernardi, Sue Ane Langdon, and Roger Bowen. Bernardi played the title character, Arnie Nuvo, a longtime blue collar employee at the fictitious Continental Flange Company, who overnight was promoted to an executive position. The storylines mainly focused on this fish out of water situation, and on Arnie's sometimes-problematic relationship with his well-meaning but wealthy and eccentric boss, Hamilton Majors Jr.. Because he still held his union card, Arnie could negotiate tricky management/labor situations that no one else could. Arnie's surname was presumably a pun on nouveau riche, and possibly also on Art Nouveau. In addition to Bernardi, Bowen, and Langdon, cast members included Del Russel and Stephanie Steele as Arnie's son and daughter, Richard and Andrea; Elaine Shore as Arnie's secretary, Felicia; and Herb Voland as sour-tempered executive Neil Ogilvie. In its first season, despite being the lead-in to The Mary Tyler Moore Show on Saturday nights and winning an Emmy nomination as best comedy series, Arnie received only fair Nielsen ratings. For its second season, in order to increase its viewership, CBS made a major cast change in the show's format. Charles Nelson Reilly joined the cast as Randy Robinson, a TV chef who called himself "The Giddyap Gourmet," apparently a reference to The Galloping Gourmet.
Released Sept. 20, 1970
Episode 20 min
None+
Genres: Comedy
Keywords: imdb.character-name-as-series-title, imdb.forename-as-series-title, imdb.one-word-series-title, imdb.blue-collar, imdb.white-collar, imdb.promotion, imdb.sitcom + 8 more, imdb.fish-out-of-water, imdb.factory-worker, imdb.factory, awards.emmy-award-nominated, awards.golden-globe-winner, awards.golden-globe-nominated, tmdb.sitcom, tmdb.workplace-comedy
Network: CBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Honey, I'm Sorry But...
Arnie endangers his position, by giving a share of company stock to his son.
Sept. 13, 1971, midnight
S2E2 - Nuvo Riche
Charles Nelson Reilly joins the cast as Arnie's new neighbor, a gourmet chef.
Sept. 7, 1971, midnight
S2E3 - Well There Goes the Neighborhood
Lil is tired of waiting for her late hubby and she comes up with a solution.
Sept. 14, 1971, midnight
S2E4 - Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blew
Reta Shaw plays a maid who takes over the Nuvo home - lock, stock, and barrel (TV Guide)
Sept. 22, 1971, midnight
S2E5 - Boom or Bust
Snobbery is the target as Arnie tries to join his boss' polo club (TV Guide)
Oct. 13, 1971, midnight
S2E6 - Pushing Pinky Out of the Treehouse
Arnie tries to make Majors' wedding perfect (TV Guide)
Oct. 19, 1971, midnight
S2E7 - The Maid
Arnie anonymously sends a poem to Felicia.
Sept. 29, 1971, midnight
S2E8 - A Poem for Guess Who
Oct. 19, 1971, midnight
S2E9 - Welcome to the Club
Arnie wins an award Majors wanted.
Oct. 12, 1971, midnight
S2E10 - The Return of Fingers Ferguson
Oct. 27, 1971, midnight
S2E11 - Et tu Arnie
Nov. 8, 1971, midnight
S2E12 - This Land is My Land
Nov. 18, 1971, midnight
S2E13 - Let Ham Put You in the Driver's Seat
Nov. 30, 1971, midnight
S2E14 - The Gift of the Majors
The no-bra look leads Arnie into a research project to save a faltering company (TV Guide)
Dec. 2, 1971, midnight
S2E15 - The Only Way to Go
Choosing a final resting place can be a downer. Majors wants the Nuvos as roommates in his Taj Mahal-like mausoleum.
Dec. 31, 1971, midnight
S2E16 - Guess Who's Coming to Our House?
Arnie's boss stays at his house.
Jan. 7, 1972, midnight
S2E17 - What's Up Doc?
Arnie is in trouble when he persuades boss Majors to hire a drunken doctor.
Jan. 17, 1972, midnight
S2E18 - The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing But the Truth
Attorney Melvin Belli plays a flamboyant lawyer defending Majors for a speeding ticket (TV Guide)
Jan. 21, 1972, midnight
S2E19 - Room at the Top
A toupee for Arnie, as the corporation tries to impress a mod young executive (TV Guide)
Jan. 31, 1972, midnight
S2E20 - Surprise, Surprise!
Boss Majors wants Arnie to arrange a surprise party for him.
Feb. 12, 1972, midnight
S2E21 - Uncle Nikko
Arnie's uncle may upset Majors' dinner party.
Feb. 11, 1972, midnight
S2E22 - Wilson Tastes Good Like a Candidate Should
Local politics create a dilemma for Arnie.
Feb. 21, 1972, midnight
S2E23 - Now You Take Teddy Roosevelt
Majors tries to prove that he is as good a salesman as his employees.
Feb. 28, 1972, midnight
S2E24 - Star Trekking
A story about Arnie's frustrating attempt to get the comic for an awards ceremony.
March 6, 1972, midnight
CBS
20 min/ep
20 min
Sept. 20, 1970
March 6, 1972, midnight
Ended
NR
Action
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